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Avast! This be a Self-Demonstratin' Arrrticle, matey. In all o' history since the dawn of time, thar be pirates. Julius Caesar fought 'em, and to this day pirates be takin' ships off the coast o' Somalia. Logic dictates that all these pirates be speakin' many a tongue, but in Hollywood, thar be only one way for pirates t' talk! In fact, this trope be New-arrr Than They Think. The standard Pirate accent was said ta ha' been invented by a scurvy lan'lubb'r callin' himself Robert Newton for the 1950 movie Treasure Island. Thar even be a scene in the film where he ends a prayer with "Arrrmen."

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  • Avast! This be a Self-Demonstratin' Arrrticle, matey. In all o' history since the dawn of time, thar be pirates. Julius Caesar fought 'em, and to this day pirates be takin' ships off the coast o' Somalia. Logic dictates that all these pirates be speakin' many a tongue, but in Hollywood, thar be only one way for pirates t' talk! In fact, this trope be New-arrr Than They Think. The standard Pirate accent was said ta ha' been invented by a scurvy lan'lubb'r callin' himself Robert Newton for the 1950 movie Treasure Island. Thar even be a scene in the film where he ends a prayer with "Arrrmen."
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  • Avast! This be a Self-Demonstratin' Arrrticle, matey. In all o' history since the dawn of time, thar be pirates. Julius Caesar fought 'em, and to this day pirates be takin' ships off the coast o' Somalia. Logic dictates that all these pirates be speakin' many a tongue, but in Hollywood, thar be only one way for pirates t' talk! In fact, this trope be New-arrr Than They Think. The standard Pirate accent was said ta ha' been invented by a scurvy lan'lubb'r callin' himself Robert Newton for the 1950 movie Treasure Island. Thar even be a scene in the film where he ends a prayer with "Arrrmen." However, yer new-fangled "Piratespeak" be somethin' o' a very exad-urated parody of some English rural accents o' the 16th century. A "snapshot" of a moment in the language durin' the "Great Vowel Shift", as it were. Thar be some who've argued the associatin' o' English rural accents with seafarin' folk be on account o' that scourge o' the sea, Lord Nelson, whose contemporaries noted his heavy Norfolk accent, but Treasure Island did popularise it, as well as that lovliest o' all phrases, "ARRRRHHHH!" This be specifically inclusive o' characters talkin' like pirates while obviously not bein' pirates, or havin' a pirate-themed episode or moment as a joke. But also be includin' times when a fictional pirate talks "piratey", even tho' he might not 'ave in reality. For more piratey fun, be ye also lookin' at that fine article, Pirate. And be sure to celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day, or I'll be havin' yer guts fer garters, lan'lubb'r! Any swab among ye who mixes us up with them poncey fops at Antiquated Linguistics or Flowery Elizabethan English gets a lick o' the Cat. Examples O' This Trope in Action
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